Report on Bosnia and Herzegovina

Introduction

This report explores attitudes towards gender roles and immigration in Bosnia and Herzegovina using data from 2017 European Value Study (EVS). Key variables analyzed include v72 and v80, which respectively measure perceptions on maternal employment effects and job priority during scarcity. We will incorporates demographic information such as age, sex, and education level for a comprehensive analyses.

  • v72 - Child suffers with working mother
    • Question: When a mother works for pay, the children suffer
    • Scale: 1 (Strongly agree) to 4 (Strongly disagree)
  • v80 - Jobs are scarce:giving…(nation)priority
    • Question: When jobs are scarce, employers should give priority to [Nationality] people over immigrants”
    • Scale: 1 (Strongly agree) to 4 (Strongly disagree)

Descriptive Analysis

Below tables are descriptive statistics for both continuous (v72, v80, age) and categorical variables (sex, education) in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Summary Statistics for v72 and v80
Variables Mininum 1st Qu. Median Mean 3rd Qu. Maximum
v72 1 2 3 2.55700 3 4
v80 1 1 1 1.55300 2 5
age 18 30 47 46.28378 60 82
Summary Statistics for sex and education
variable value frequency proportion
sex Male 751 0.0126
sex Female 973 0.0164
education lower 375 0.2175
education medium 1044 0.6056
education higher 285 0.1653
education NA 20 0.0116

Change in Attitudes by Age

The two graphs presented below illustrates how the two variables of interest change with age in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The X-axis denotes age, while the Y-axis represents the average level of disagreement for v72 and v80.

Regression models

The table below shows regression models for both attitudes towards Child suffers (v72) and Job to national (v80) in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The models include respondents’ age, age squared, sex and education.

Outputs from Regression Models
  Child suffers(v72) Job to national(v80)
(Intercept) 2.14*** 1.28***
  (0.17) (0.16)
age 0.01 0.01
  (0.01) (0.01)
age^2 -0.00 -0.00
  (0.00) (0.00)
sexFemale 0.12* 0.01
  (0.05) (0.04)
edumedium 0.31*** 0.12*
  (0.06) (0.06)
eduhigher 0.66*** 0.11
  (0.08) (0.08)
R2 0.06 0.00
Adj. R2 0.06 0.00
Num. obs. 1660 1666
***p < 0.001; **p < 0.01; *p < 0.05

Based on the model above, it appears that the sex variable has a significant impact on v72. It shows that females are more likely to disagree that the child suffers if the mother works by 0.12 compared to males, showing a positive relationship. (p<0.05) In the Job to national(v80) model, it appears that the sex variable is not statistically significant on attitudes national (p>0.05).